Hepatitis G virus infection in Japanese haemophiliacs

Haemophilia

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 283-287

  Takayama, S ^a   Miura, T ^b   Taki, M ^a  

^a ST MARIANNA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b Haga Red Cross Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

5' noncoding region (5' NCR); Alanine aminotransferase(ALT); Hepatitis G virus (HGV); Nested reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (nested RT PCR)

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; VIRUS RNA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; HEMOPHILIA; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HEPATITIS G VIRUS; HEPATITIS VIRUS; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; JAPAN; LIVER BIOPSY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCHOOL CHILD; VIRUS HEPATITIS;

EID: 0030682145     PISSN: 13518216     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2516.1997.00135.x     Document Type: Article

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